📊 Form Guide

Go Ahead Eagles

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Go Ahead Eagles will be hoping for a better result following a 2-0 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Heracles Almelo.

In that game, Go Ahead Eagles managed 55% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Heracles Almelo had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Jizz Hornkamp (55') and Bryan Limbombe (69') scored for Heracles Almelo.

A recurring aspect of more recent Go Ahead Eagles games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've been a losing one.

Coming into this meeting, Go Ahead Eagles are winless against Excelsior in their previous 2 league matches.

Excelsior

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In their previous game, Excelsior drew 1-1 in the Eredivisie tie with RKC Waalwijk.

In that match, Excelsior managed 43% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Excelsior was Siebe Horemans (28'). RKC Waalwijk had 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Mats Seuntjens (76') was the scorer for RKC Waalwijk.

Demonstrating their appetite for productive matches, we’ve seen goals 25 times in the last 6 games in which Excelsior have played, making it a mean average of 4.17 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have managed 19 of this grand total. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this next game, however.

Their previous form shows that Excelsior:

• have not registered a win against Go Ahead Eagles when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• have not won away from home in their last 10 matches in the league. It's not a good run at all.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 07/09/2019 shows that Go Ahead Eagles have won 2 of them & Excelsior 1, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 for Trots aan de IJssel and 6 netted by Roodzwarten. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Eredivisie match day 24 on 16/12/2023 when the final score was Excelsior 1-1 Go Ahead Eagles.

The referee was Alex Bos.

📰 Team News: Go Ahead Eagles

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Go Ahead Eagles boss René Hake to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Philippe Rommens (Syndesmotic ligament tear) won’t play.

It seems likely that Trots aan de IJssel could opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, utilising Jeffrey De Lange, Mats Deijl, Gerrit Nauber, Joris Kramer, Dean James, Xander Blomme, Evert Linthorst, Bobby Adekanye, Willum Willumsson, Jakob Breum and Victor Edvardsen.

🗞️ Team News: Excelsior

Excelsior boss Marinus Dijkhuizen has some current player fitness concerns. Ian Smeulers (unknown injury), Serano Seymor (Foot injury), Jacky Donkor (Knee injury), Kik Pierie (Foot injury), Lennard Hartjes (Knee injury), Troy Parrott (unknown injury) and Norbert Alblas (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that Roodzwarten seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Casper Widell, Sven Nieuwpoort, Mimeirhel Benita, Cisse Sandra, Julian Baas, D. Sanches Fernandes, Kenzo Goudmijn, Lance Duijvestijn and Richie Omorowa.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Go Ahead Eagles will, in all likelihood, be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the other end, Excelsior may well find it hard to get a goal of their own but we can see them being dangerous for periods.

We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Go Ahead Eagles when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 18:05 30/03/2024